EHS Environmental Manager

At GSK, we manufacture and supply reliable, high-quality medicines and vaccines to meet patients' needs and drive our performance. Our network of 37 medicines and vaccines manufacturing sites delivered 1.7 billion packs of medicines and 409 million vaccine doses in 2024 to help make a positive impact on the health of millions of people. Our supply chain is not just core to our operations; it's vital to bringing our innovations to patients as quickly, efficiently and effectively as possible. Technology is transforming how we manufacture medicines and vaccines, enabling us to increase the speed, quality and scale of product supply.

We need the very best minds and capability to help us on our journey to make more complex products, harnessing the power of smart manufacturing technologies including robotics, digital solutions and artificial intelligence to deliver for patients.

We are looking for an EHS Environmental Manager who will be responsible for establishing, managing, and continuously improving the environmental compliance and sustainability programs for the GMS Rockville site. The right candidate will have broad knowledge of EHS programs and EHS specialty areas including environmental engineering and risk management. As the EHS Manager, you will provide guidance in managing environmental and waste management outside services.

The EHS Environmental Manager is also responsible for advising the site leadership team on processes to improve EHS management and performance and responsible for driving continuous improvement in site environmental performance and will serve as a site contact with regulatory agencies (e.g., OSHA, EPA, DOT etc.) and with GSK Corporate EHS Department. You will provide guidance in managing budgets to support outside services and operating expenses. The role includes strategic EHS planning as well as a tactical role for site wide EHS management systems, Environmental regulations, and industry best practices.

This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career. These responsibilities include some of the following:

• Develop and implement environmental strategies and action plans to support and align to GSK environmental and sustainability goals.
• Coordinate all aspects of pollution control, waste management, recycling, environmental health, conservation.
• Lead the implementation of environmental procedures and practices.
• Perform applications for environmental permits and maintenance of existing permits.
• On rotation for Standby/On Call for 7 days at a time Monday-Monday, rotates within members of the EHS team. Provide general EHS advice to a dedicated functional group.
• Ensure compliance with environmental legislation and keep up to date with Federal, State and local regulation and legislation. Liaise with relevant regulatory agency authorities.
• Audit, analyze and report environmental performance to internal and external regulatory agencies.
• Carry out impact assessments to identify, assess and reduce environmental risks and financial costs.
• Promote and raise awareness of the impact of emerging environmental issues.
• Develop and implement environmental management systems to continually improve. Provide training at all levels on environmental issues and responsibilities.
• Coordinate environmental sampling, testing and review of results, and write environmental reports.
• Participate in setting sustainability targets, developing plans to meet those targets.
• Respond and investigate environmental adverse events such as spills and environmental releases, non-injury accidents and near misses to ensure root causes are identified and CAPAs are addressed.
• Provide timely, high quality EHS technical support. Develop and conduct EHS training.
• Participate or conduct internal audit program to assess compliance with external and internal requirements.
• Conduct environmental impact assessments to identify the site's key environmental priorities.
• Review change proposals to identify potential EHS issues and participate in their resolution.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues at Rockville, other GSK sites to ensure that EHS best practices and lessons from adverse events are shared effectively.
• Ensure that necessary EHS information is reported to the management and to local regulators and to stakeholders within GSK.

Basic Qualifications:

We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:

• Minimum bachelor's degree in a Science, Environmental, Science, Engineering, or EHS discipline with a minimum of 4 years' experience in environmental management or consulting, or EHS program development and implementation, preferably in the pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry.

Preferred Qualifications:

If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:

• Professional certification (e.g., PE, CHMM, CIH, CSP) is preferred.
• Thorough understanding of key regulatory requirements (eg OSHA, NIOSH, ANSI, NFPA, and EPA rules and regulations) and their application to a manufacturing and laboratory environment, particularly in the following key areas: Environment, eg waste management, air emissions, wastewater treatment, energy efficiency, and sustainability.
• Experience with EHS management systems.
• Demonstrated leadership skills.
• Excellent computer skills primarily with Microsoft Office Suite and Project
• Highly effective written, oral and presentation skills
• Ability to prioritize multiple demands, think strategically and successfully lead multiple simultaneous projects.

Work Arrangement: This role is on-site, in Rockville, MD.

Join us in making a difference by ensuring a safe and sustainable workplace for all.

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